故事

故事 gùshì

故事 gùshì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 故事 gùshì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gùshì | gu4 shi4
English translation
old practice
CL:
>[gè]
narrative
story
tale

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Traditional form

故事 gùshì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 故事 gùshì

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

古攵

Number of Strokes

9
shì

Explanation

The characters Shǐ (history), (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand ( yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 故事 gùshì

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离题 lí tí tài yuǎn le , suǒ yāo jiǎng de 故事 gùshì 主要 zhǔyào shì 关于 guānyú .

I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.

de 故事 gùshì zhēn dòu ,简直 jiǎnzhí xiào le 肚皮 dù pí .

His story broke me up. I couldn't stop laughing.

一千零一金银 jīn yín dǎo dōu shì 传奇 chuán qí 故事 gùshì .

The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances.

huì , yòu xiǎng 法子 fǎ zi 往旁处岔, 花言巧 de 那么 nà me 一哄, jiù 居然 jūrán 把她 de 故事 gùshì 粗枝大叶 cū zhī dà yè de shuì le 一遍 yī biàn .

By and by I made another diversion, and beguiled her to sketch her story.

shuì 故事 gùshì de wèi 来宾 Lái bīn , zhǐ 那句 huà shì 出自 chū zì 圣经 Shèng jīng !

The raconteur mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible.

故事 gùshì Decomposition

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故事 gùshì Compounds

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